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Technology Boot Camp 1a

Pre-Boot Camp Checklist

CASTLE Boot camp resources
Estimated timelines
Password sheet
Poster

Google

Google (search)

• Google Help in Comics
• Google Help Center
• Google Account
• Google Account Video Tutorials
• Google Account Help

Google Docs (collaborative document editing)

• Video - Google Docs in plain English
• Google Docs Video Tutorials
• Getting started with DOCS
• Collaborating with Google Docs
• Docs for Educators (EXAMPLE)
• Google Docs Help

Google Reader (RSS) (bring the Web to you!)

• Video - RSS in Plain English
• CASTLE Great Blogs for Busy Administrators
• Technorati
• Google Reader Video Tutorials
• Google Reader Help

Google Calendar (collaborative calendar)

• Google Calendar Help
• Import/Export Calendar Help

iGoogle (personalized home page)
Gmail

• Gmail Help
• Moving email from another account TO gmail
• Adding a custom "FROM" address
• Gmail Mail Fetcher(Gmail's Mail Fetcher can download messages from up to five other email accounts, centralizing all your email in Gmail)
  • Gmail Setup
  • Troubleshooting Mail Fetcher

Blogs

Video - Blogs in Plain English
Blogger

• Blogger Video Tutorials
• Blogger Help
• How to control who can view the blog (permissions)
• Create a team blog
• How to moderate comments
• How to post (embed) a video in Blogger
• How do I make a link (hyperlink) to another page

Twitter

Twitter

• Video - Twitter in Plain English
• Twitter in 60 Seconds - youtube link
• Twitter Video Tutorial
• Twitter Help Portal
• Twitter Search
• Public vs. Private: Protect your Twitter
• RSS Feeds in Twitter - it can go to your Google Reader

Twibes

• Video - What Is a Twibe?
• Twibe Help
• Twitlet
• TwitPic
• TwitPic FAQ

URL shortener

bit.ly

• bit.ly FAQ

Voice over IP (VOIP) / Internet telephone / Videconferencing

Skype

• Skype Video Tutorial
• Skype Help
• Setting Up Conference Call Help
• Adding Contacts Help
• Profile Public vs. Private

Oovoo (face-to-face conference call)

• Oovoo Help

Digital photography

Video - Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
Flickr

• Flickr Video Tutorial
• Flickr FAQ
• Flickr Help
• Flickr Scott McLeod
• Flickr Creative Commons
• How to Private vs. Public
• Number of Photos
• Free Account vs. Pro Account (Upgraded & cost)
• Bottle Top tripod

Screen capture

Jing

• Jing Help

Online video

Animoto

• Animoto Video Tutorial
• Animoto Help & FAQ
• Animoto for Education
• Animoto Scott McLeod 1
• Animoto Scott McLeod 2

YouTube

• YouTube Video Tutorials
• Logging into YouTube with Google
• YouTube Help
• Did You Know? 2.0

YouTube Quick Capture

• YouTube Quick Capture Help

Screencast

Wikis

Video - Wikis in Plain English
Wikispaces

• Wikispaces Video Tutorial
• Wikispaces Help

Podcasting

Video - Podcasting in Plain English
Audacity

• Audacity LAME MP3 Encoder Plug-In
• Audacity Video Tutorial
• Audacity Tutorials

Social bookmarking

Video - Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Delicious

• Delicious Video Tutorial
• Delicious Help

Other stuff

• Online evaluation for Friday
• Contact Scott McLeod , Jamie Fath , or Laura Bestler (Laura's Skype Address: laura.bestler)
• School technology leadership courses at ISU
• Upcoming Educational Administration cohorts at ISU
• Fall online Educational Administration courses at ISU
• Upcoming SAI events
• Tech Boot Camp Signs.ppt (also available on docs.google.com)

Things to check out later

• Online Stopwatch
• VoiceThread
• Poll Everywhere
• Survey Monkey
• Online Surveys Using Google Docs
• Doodle

Browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari) stuff:

How to do tabs in my browser window:

• All of the browsers listed below will utilize CTRL + T (Windows systems) or COMMAND + T (APPLE/MACINTOSH) to open a new tab:
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Safari

Firefox

• How to install
• Help for Firefox

SHORTCUTS

• Google
• Blogs
• Twitter
• URL Shortener
• Skype
• Photo
• Screen Capture
• Video
• Wikispaces
• Social Bookmark
• Things to Check Out Later!!!
• Browser Shortcuts & Firefox

Review

• Does everyone have e-mail access?
• Blogger.com (what's your blog URL?)
  • Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - URL
  • Scott McLeod's NEA presentation - slideshow
• Take a screenshot of your post and e-mail it to Scott [Jing]
• Administrators on YouTube
• The School Administrator's Guide to Blogging
• YouTube Quick Capture
  • YouTube Quick Capture Help
  • Roger Wilcox!
• The School Administrator's Guide to Blogging
• Questions about Google Docs, Technorati, bit.ly, Skype, Flickr, or Animoto?
• Promote your Blog
• Blog: Importing and exporting blogs to another blogsite

1 to 1 Schools Information

• Iowa 1 to 1 Network
• 1 to 1 schools blog
• FREE registration for 1 to 1 conference on April 7

RSS

• Google Reader
• Google Reader tips
• Organizing your feeds
• New feature - Subscribe to individual pages
• Sharing your feeds
• Moving Forward - Blogs and Subject-Specific Blogs
• CASTLE's list of great blogs for busy administrators

Microblogging

• Twitter
• Using Twitter as a listening station
• @mcleod Twitter lists
• Making your own list

Monitoring

• Google Alerts
• Manage your alerts
• Advanced Google Search
• Advanced News Search
• Help: Basic Google Search
• Help: More Google Search

Scheduling

• Google Calendar
  • Help
  • Sharing
  • Embedding to a webpage
  • Event publisher
  • iCal
• TimeBridge
• Doodle

Wikis

• Video - Wikis in Plain English
• Wikipedia Asphalt
• Wikified Schools
• Wikispaces Sandboxes (must create a Wikispace account):
  • Sandbox 1: http://sandbox1bootcamp.wikispaces.com/
  • Sandbox 2: http://sandbox2bootcamp.wikispaces.com/
  • Sandbox 3: http://sandbox3bootcamp.wikispaces.com/
• Wikispaces
• Wikispaces Video Tutorial
• Wikispaces Help
  • Setting Permissions
  • Name & Copyright
  • Discussion pages in Wiki

Podcasting

• Video - Podcasting in Plain English
• Audacity
• Audacity LAME MP3 Encoder Plug-In
• Audacity Video Tutorial
• Audacity Tutorials
• Blog Talk Radio
  • FAQ
• Cinchcast

Social bookmarking

• Video - Social Bookmarking in Plain English
• Delicious
• Delicious Video Tutorial
• Delicious Help
• Bookmarklet
• Install Firefox addon

Miscellaneous technology tools

• iGoogle
• Readability
  • See also InstaPaper and Read It Later
• Text substitution
  • Phrase Express or Texter (Windows)
  • TextExpander (Mac) $
  • TypeIt4Me (Mac) $
• SlideShare
• VoiceThread
  • See also the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki
• Zamzar
• Google Moderator
• Dropbox
• Mozy
• Wordle
• Visual Thesaurus
• LastPass

Wrap-up

• End-of-day survey